What is the Best Protection Against the ‘Evil Eye’?

Sunglasses dress us up, they say. This is true, but having sunglasses on is not just trendy and fashionable for you will not only protect your eyes against the harm of sunlight but also against curses done by ‘evil eyes’.

In 15th century China sunglasses, coloured lenses, had two main purposes, one was they thought that they had magic power, depending on the colour of the lens, and the other was they set down the protective power of the lenses against curses.

Fear of a curse done with an ‘evil eye’ goes back to ancient cultures; we can find references in ancient Roman culture, in Christianity and Hindu mythology. In the Middle Ages people were so terrified of the ‘mesmerising’ look (back then the meaning of mesmerising was the opposite to what it is today) of witches that they sent them to be burnt at the stake. They put blindfolds on to cover up the eyes of those people who were to be executed in order to prevent them from performing a curse with an ‘evil eye’ (in order to stop them hurting their excutioners).

From an esoteric point of view eyes are considered to be energy transmitters, since with the help of the eyes we can transfer energy from one person to another or the other way around (we can give energy or we can take energy away). Science has also dealt with this phenomenon and discovered many cases where the eyes are able to issue electromagnetic signals. For example, Colin A. Ross, a psychiatrist, noted cases in his thesis the ‘Background of the electrophysiology of cursing with eyes’.

A ‘caressing glance’ or ‘if looks could kill’ and ‘frozen stare’ are very familiar and widely used expressions. And moreover the associated feelings too, familiar for most of us, are not necessarily easy to put in words. The curse could occasionally be quite visible, see the story of the Gorgons in Greek mythology. Their story is interesting, because their ugliness is an ‘acquired’ trait, and they also had the skill of the curse, of turning something into stone, with their eyes.

Defence against evil eyes is difficult, and sometimes even impossible. Numerous methods are know. In Transylvania, for example, smouldering coal is placed into a glass of water (9 pieces) accompanied with the following words: “not one, not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven, not eight, not nine”. After which they pour the water (which is cleansed of evil) on the head of a child and on their forehead and then the leftover water is poured out of the door. From then on it is believed that the child is protected from the curse of ‘evil eyes’.

In addition, the following can provide powerful protection: wearing amulets, objects made of iron (rings, horseshoe, key, etc.) and sprinkling salt (if possible towards the evil or over the shoulder). Another effective protection may be the use of eye shadow, and performing a conciliation of a ghost, namely in certain parts of Africa alcohol and tobacco are offered to those people who are thought to be evil or to have the evil eye. And of course the easiest of them all is covering the eyes up or using sunglasses.

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